s grohotom; glyba
English translation: thunderously/deafeningly/loudly; block
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| Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | ||||
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thunderously/deafeningly/loudly; block Explanation: "the waves thunderously crashed onto the boulders of various sizes" or "with a deafening sound the waves crashed onto the boulders of various sizes" groxot means roar, crash, deafeningly sound a glyba is a block; kamennaya glyba is a boulder Ozhegov |
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the waves crashed... Explanation: the waves crashed onto large boulders thunderously. \"razlichnoy velichiny\" if translated mekes a text a bit clumsy, and if we ommit the phrase the whole sentence does not lose its sense and acquires in literary style. |
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The waves thundered crushing against large boulders and pieces of rock... Explanation: Really, 'different size' would sound awkward - but you can use different synonyms of 'glyby' which are availiable in any thesaurus. |
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